We make a BIG deal over them and love making each other feel super special on our special day. My husband & I especially love making the kids' birthdays special.
Here are 25 super fun birthday traditions for kids that the entire family is sure to love!
Birthday Traditions for Kids
- Build kids excitement for their special day with a birthday countdown.
- Take it up a notch & make a birthday balloon countdown.
- Surprise them by decorating the bathroom mirror.
- Decorate the car! My kids love seeing how many honks they get.
- Decorate their room with balloons while they are sleeping.
- Set up a surprise balloon avalanche while they are sleeping.
- Start the morning off with a special birthday breakfast. These birthday cake pancakes are fun!
- Surprise your birthday kid with a gift wrapped lunch.
- Conduct a birthday interview. These will be fun to read later on.
- Make them a special birthday lunch.
- Let them start the morning with a special birthday breakfast like a donuts cake. Don't forget the candles.
- Keep the magic alive with this fun birthday fairy tradition.
- Treat them like royalty for the day with a special birthday chair.
- Take a photo of your child while they are sleeping on the eve of their birthday. Do this every year for keepsakes to cherish.
- Count down to their birthday while surprising them with trinkets & treasures with this gift punch countdown.
- Surprise them with special birthday balloons each year- one for every year of their life.
- Capture their creative side with this yearly birthday canvas idea.
- Measure & record your child's growth each year on their birthday.
- Let your child make & decorate their own birthday cake.
- Celebrate with birthday milk at meals.
- Finish the day off with a special birthday bath by adding balloons, decorations, & other fun surprises.
- Take a picture of your child holding balloons on their birthday, adding a balloon each year.
- Send them on a birthday scavenger hunt instead of just giving them their gifts.
